Eggs arrived in sad conditions...

[kaleighmarie1213]

I ordered online from a semi local breeder. I like to keep money in small businesses. Anyways, they're brahma and silkies. They traveled within my state for 2 days and when they arrived tonight I already assumed the worst but was not as heart broken as I worried.

There were 13 eggs, I paid for 10 and she tossed in a couple extra silkies. Thankfully with the extra we are only down one from what we hoped. But I think they're mostly silkies now since 4 brahma eggs broke.

Anyways. Since these babies are going on a week post laying, how long do I have to get them in the incubator? How long do I let them rest? Am I resting them correctly with the pointy end up (except one egg I honestly couldn't tell a difference as it was a nearly perfect oval)?

When I candle them before the incubator, what am I looking for? Air cell at the end, and what else?

 

[BlueBaby]

They need to rest in the egg carton pointy side down.

 

[CKfarm22]

I ordered online from a semi local breeder. I like to keep money in small businesses. Anyways, they're brahma and silkies. They traveled within my state for 2 days and when they arrived tonight I already assumed the worst but was not as heart broken as I worried.

There were 13 eggs, I paid for 10 and she tossed in a couple extra silkies. Thankfully with the extra we are only down one from what we hoped. But I think they're mostly silkies now since 4 brahma eggs broke.

Anyways. Since these babies are going on a week post laying, how long do I have to get them in the incubator? How long do I let them rest? Am I resting them correctly with the pointy end up (except one egg I honestly couldn't tell a difference as it was a nearly perfect oval)?

When I candle them before the incubator, what am I looking for? Air cell at the end, and what else?

I would be so extremely upset if i order eggs online and they came shipped like that.

 

[kaleighmarie1213]

They need to rest in the egg carton pointy side down.

Oh rats! I'll move them! First time so I figured I'd do something wrong.

 

[BlueBaby]

I agree. From what is in the picture shown above, that is the worst packing that I have seen.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

You want to give the air cells a chance to stabilize before the eggs are turned. If you can set them up right with the pointy end down, air cell up, you can put them in the incubator at any time. It's a good idea to candle each egg to check on the air cell. In the rough trip they've had, you may have some that are scrambled inside or rolling air cells. You don't want to turn them completely. Maybe a slight tilt after the air cells are reattached.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Oh rats! I'll move them! First time so I figured I'd do something wrong.

We all start somewhere, so it's better you learned now instead of a few hatch attempts in

 

[BlueBaby]

Oh rats! I'll move them! First time so I figured I'd do something wrong.

Let them rest after you put them in there the right way for 24 hours before putting them in the incubator so that the egg cells can settle from the trip.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I hope you contacted the seller and took pictures of the mess that resulted in their poor packing

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

If you start a hatch along can you tag me? With that packing I want to know how many hatch.